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February 25, 2020

There are 10 confirmed victims for coronavirus in Italy. The new data was provided by the extraordinary commissioner Angelo Borrelli during the press conference on civil protection.

"The total number of people infected in Lombardy is 240, with an increase of 28 units, in Veneto they are 43, with an increase of 5 compared to 12, in Emilia Romagna 26, with an increase of 3, in Piedmont always 3, in Lazio 3 and in Sicily 3, because in addition to the woman who tested positive this morning there are two other members of the party coming from Bergamo who tested positive. In Tuscany there are 2 positives, in Liguria, in Alassio, 1 positive person always coming from the red area del Lodigiano, and in Bolzano 1 person ".

Hope: "Government appreciation from neighboring countries"
"It was a very positive meeting with a joint declaration: there is a convinced appreciation of the work done by the government, and the countries bordering Italy. They expressed full support for Italy in the management of the Coronavirus emergency". The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, said during the press conference at the end of the meeting with the EU Commissioner of Health, Kyriakides and with the health ministers of the countries bordering Italy.

Region, first case in Liguria
First case of Coronavirus positivity in Liguria. The Liguria Region confirms this. The case occurred in Alassio, in the province of Savona. A union order ordered the current guests of the hotel in Alassio hotel "Al Mare" and hotel "Bel Sit" in via Boselli, their owners, as well as their employees, where the 72-year-old lady with coronavirus was a guest , to remain in mandatory isolation at the same facility. The measure became necessary after the notification issued and the patient's hospitalization at the Policlinico San Martino in Genoa for the first case of cononavirus registered in Liguria. The ordinance of the Municipality of Alassio was previously shared by the regional councilor for civil protection Giacomo Giampedrone and by ALISA who are accompanying the entire municipal structure in the management of the emergency. In addition to this ordinance, a screening phase is underway for all those who have stayed in various capacities in the last 14 days for their identification and subsequent mandatory quarantine in their homes.

Positive Codogno woman on vacation in Trentino
A woman from Codogno in the province of Lodi was found positive for the coronavirus in Dimaro in Trentino. The news was announced by the president of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti. The woman, who had been on vacation with her husband and son in a private apartment since last Friday, has now returned to Lombardy with her car followed by an ambulance.

Positive 3 Bergamo tourists in Palermo
The tourist from Bergamo on vacation in Palermo who was admitted to the Cervello hospital for checks after showing flu symptoms was positive to the coronavirus. The Sicilian Region confirms this. Quarantine has been arranged for the woman's group of friends and for people who have been in close contact with tourists. Two other cases of coronavirus positivity were recorded in Palermo through the pharyngeal swab that was performed at the Policlinico hygiene institute. The two new cases concern the husband of the Bergamo tourist admitted to the Vincenzo Cervello hospital and another person who was part of the group of 28 tourists who arrived six days ago in the Sicilian capital. The two new swabs were also sent to the Higher Institute of Health for confirmation.



Agrigento: 3 carabinieri in self-isolation
Three carabinieri on duty in Agrigento autonomously decided to isolate themselves. One of the three, returning from a short visit to his family members residing in the Lodi area, as soon as he learned the news of the isolation that affected his country he, with a sense of responsibility, represented the circumstance to his superiors and from Saturday he and two of his colleagues who live in adjoining rooms are in self-isolation. And they will remain there for a total of 14 days. All the authorities of Agrigento, starting from the mayor Lillo Firetto, immediately informed, expressed their appreciation for the zeal shown by the military of the Arma and provided their maximum availability and closeness to the carabinieri.

First two cases also in Tuscany
They concern an Italian businessman hospitalized in solitary confinement in Florence and a 49-year-old computer scientist from Pescia who returned Thursday evening from Codogno where he had been three days on business. He is always hospitalized in Pistoia. A first case with a positive coronavirus test in Florence. It is a man of about 60 years who returned from Singapore about twenty days ago and who in recent days has felt bad and was visited yesterday at the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. The first swab performed on humans gave a negative result while the second in the night was positive.

In Lazio pre-triage tents in 31 hospitals i
"The technicians tell us that we must work on all the scenarios so pre-triage tensile structures will be set up on 31 hospitals in Lazio, the assembly of some is already underway as at Spallanzani". So the Councilor for Health of the Lazio Region Alessio D'Amato during a hearing in the Regional Health Commission.

On the field, the army in the red area of ​​Lodigiano
The checkpoints covering the part of the Lodigiano affected by the emergency have gone from 15 to 35. This was reported by Captain Michele Capone, commander of the Investigative Unit of the Lodi Carabinieri. The officer explains that "the checkpoints have increased significantly on the belt perimeter and some have also been set up inside the red zone". Army personnel also arrived on the scene.

A thousand tourists in quarantine in Tenerife
A thousand people were quarantined in the H10 Costa Adejie Palace hotel, in the town of Adejie, where the Italian doctor who tested positive for the coronavirus test in Tenerife was staying with his wife. Diario de Avisos writes it. And according to El Mundo, the wife of the Italian doctor in Tenerife also tested positive for coronavirus. Military and law enforcement officers prevent people in the hotel from leaving, as well as external staff from entering the tourist complex. Thus the cases in Spain rise to five.

Palazzo Chigi denies closing of schools
The Prime Minister denies the news that is circulating in these hours on an alleged closure, by decision of the count, of all schools of all levels. The decisions and measures taken by the government are communicated exclusively through official channels and sources, to which please refer.

School trips suspended until March 15, medical certificate for absences beyond 5 days
School trips, both educational trips and outings or exchange and twinning projects, suspended until March 15 for schools "of all levels". This is foreseen by the dpcm implementing the decree on Coronavirus signed last night which coordinates the various ordinances of the last few days. Reimbursement provided for those who have already paid for the trips. Absences of students over 5 days will be justified with a medical certificate. Schools closed for emergencies will be able to activate "distance teaching methods".

Sports events and competitions suspended in five regions
Sports events and competitions "of all types and disciplines, in public or private places" are suspended. This is provided by the text of the new implementing decree which concerns all the municipalities of the Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont regions. Events and matches, as well as training, are still allowed behind closed doors in municipalities other than those in the red area of ​​contagion, where instead the stop is total.

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Allianz IG: Italy towards recession in the first quarter
The impact of the spread of the coronavirus in Italy, "so far limited to the northern regions, on the economy of our country will undoubtedly be very important". The fourth quarter of 2019 had already ended with a negative sign and as regards the first quarter of 2020 "it can be assumed that it will be the same", thus bringing Italy "technically into recession". This was stated by Massimiliano Maxia, Senior Fixed Income Product Specialist of Allianz Global investors, in a report on the economic consequences of the coronavirus in Italy.

US military: ban on risk areas
General Tod Wolters, commander of US forces in Europe, today issued an order in which he prohibits American personnel from going to the Italian areas affected by the coronavirus infection. The news was released by the Bloomberg news agency.